Republican front-runner Donald Trump took a rare step into less-adoring political territory on Wednesday, attending a meeting with the Teamsters union as his campaign hopes expanding support with workers will boost the former president in key electoral battlegrounds such as Michigan and Pennsylvania. But the overture captured the challenge he faces in convincing voters to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Teamsters Union in Washington Wednesday as he tried to chip away at President Joe Biden‘s organized labor support heading into a likely general election rematch. Trump participated in a roundtable with the union’s executive board, its president and members as he works to […]
Former President Donald Trump said the Southern border needs to be closed because it is an existential crisis for unions, at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters on Wednesday. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said he disagrees. “Most people need it closed down,” Trump said of the border. “People feel differently about different things, but the […]
Former President Donald Trump is set to meet with the Teamsters Union on Wednesday in an attempt to slice into one of President Joe Biden’s prior lines of support. Trump will meet with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, the union’s executive board and other members for a roundtable at the group’s headquarters in […]
By Tim Reid and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is due to meet with one of America’s biggest unions on Wednesday as he competes for the support of labor groups ahead of a likely general election rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November. Trump is due to sit down with the leadership […]
In an unexpected political convergence, Sean O’Brien, the president of the Teamsters union, announced he had met privately with Donald Trump – raising questions about who the Teamsters will endorse in 2024 and drawing anger from the union’s progressive members. The meeting came amid efforts by Joe Biden and the thinning field of Republican challengers, […]
By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump met with the head of the Teamsters on Wednesday and made plans to meet with rank-and-file members later this month as he seeks the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, the former president and the union said in statements. Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and […]
After huddling privately with former President Donald Trump, Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said late Wednesday that the Republican primary frontrunner will meet with union members at its headquarters later this month. The union backed President Joe Biden in 2020 but is undertaking a more wide-ranging endorsement process this year. “There are serious issues that need […]